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Re: Xbox 360 recommendations thread by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/28/2010, 8:03pm PDT
Here's everything I own, I think:

GTA IV (****)
Pros: The writing, the protagonist, the supporting character cousin whatshisface.
Cons: Lack of Save Anywhere.

Robotron 2084 (*)
Pros: The 7th best game of all-time.
Cons: The control scheme on a gamepad sucks. The on-line multiplayer involves waiting for another person to join and you two play at the same time. When they die your game is over. Jesus Fucking Christ.

Batman: Arkham Asylum (***)
Pros: Greatest super-hero game of all time featuring a real super-hero?
Cons: The writing is terrible.

Zombie Apocalypse (**)
Pros: Like Robotron, but with simultaneous local multiplayer.
Cons: Too easy, no sense of tension.

Pac-Man: Championship Edition (**)
Pros: The best Pac-Man game since Baby Pac-Man. Great graphics.
Cons: I'm not saying I know where they could ever go with this, but it gets a little boring.

Paperboy (****)
Pros: Really well-emulated.
Cons: Control scheme.

Braid (***)
Pros: Beautiful graphics, haunting soundtrack. The "reverse" control is like the gravity gun in HL2: all games in its genre should have it.
Cons: The writing.

Dead Rising (****)
Pros: First game to really make everything and anything a weapon.
Cons: I've come around on the save system, it's fine, but the ONE remaining con is having to navigate the extended hallway each replay. I worked at the mall once. I made that journey myself. I... I don't want to do it 100 times in a game.

Warlords (*)
Pros: None
Cons: Control scheme, lack of multiplayer, even if I were to spend $45 and get a 360 with a paddle controller, that's $45 I could have put towards a real cocktail Warlords machine.

I Made a Game With Zombies In It! (***)
Pros: Engrossing shooter for 99 cents or whatever
Cons: Too easy, no tension.

Borderlands (INCOMPLETE)
Pros: Graphics.
Cons: Boring.
Odds I will play again: LOW

Brutal Legend (INCOMPLETE)
Pros: Voice acting, writing, graphics, combat
Cons: Boring
Odds I will play again: HIGH

Tecmo Bowl Throwback (**)
Pros: Better than every Madden game to come out in the last 10 years.
Cons: Lack of real NFL teams, the fact that when Blob and I tried to play it, Microsoft was bitching about how my purple router wasn't good enough. Fuck you! It's purple! Purple is always good enough.


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Xbox 360 recommendations thread by Jerry Whorebach 08/28/2010, 7:25pm PDT NEW
    Re: Xbox 360 recommendations thread by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/28/2010, 8:03pm PDT NEW
        Re: Xbox 360 recommendations thread by Jerry Whorebach 08/28/2010, 8:26pm PDT NEW
    PS3 Edition by Gutsby 08/28/2010, 8:30pm PDT NEW
        Intellivision edition by bombMexico 08/28/2010, 11:35pm PDT NEW
            Vectrex Edition by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/29/2010, 9:58am PDT NEW
                IT WAS A FOUR STAR RATINGS SYSTEM YOU FUCKING FOOL NT by GOODBYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 08/29/2010, 2:20pm PDT NEW
    Re: Xbox 360 recommendations thread by Jhoh Cause..... 2 08/28/2010, 8:40pm PDT NEW
    this list is worthless recommendations by Sword of Justice 08/28/2010, 8:47pm PDT NEW
        I view the structure of Dead Rising as a powerful metaphor for Buddhism by Jerry Whorebach 08/28/2010, 10:05pm PDT NEW
        Re: this list is worthless recommendations by Caltrops of Yore 08/29/2010, 9:40am PDT NEW
            Re: this list is worthless recommendations by Jhoh Cause..... 2 08/29/2010, 10:27am PDT NEW
                You have to think to be right brother. by Sword of Justice 08/29/2010, 11:36am PDT NEW
    Re: Xbox 360 recommendations thread by bombMexico 08/28/2010, 10:13pm PDT NEW
        Re: Xbox 360 recommendations thread by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/29/2010, 9:34am PDT NEW
            Right now, someone is being a cunt NT by bombMexico 08/29/2010, 1:45pm PDT NEW
                It's okay father, we will get past this. NT by Jrdano Cable 08/30/2010, 7:59pm PDT NEW
        Re: Xbox 360 recommendations thread by Jerry Whorebach 09/03/2010, 9:24pm PDT NEW
            Why did you bother losing weight? by Pitchfork 09/04/2010, 12:08am PDT NEW
                Someone's mad because I didn't like Mass Effect v_v by Jerry Whorebach 09/04/2010, 1:00am PDT NEW
                    Actually, some clarification might be in order. by Jerry Whorebach 09/04/2010, 5:48am PDT NEW
                        Good plan, Jerry! by Pork Sword of Justice 09/04/2010, 8:38am PDT NEW
                            Did it. Am now 150 pounds, on the dot. by Jerry Whorebach 11/03/2010, 3:24am PDT NEW
                                what's your sustainment plan? NT by up with pod people 11/03/2010, 6:34pm PDT NEW
                                    I don't 100% know what that is, but I'm pretty sure I don't have one. by Jerry Whorebach 11/04/2010, 4:48am PDT NEW
                                        smear the peanut butter all over your pecs, then, and mash the bananna into your NT by Entropy Stew 11/04/2010, 2:07pm PDT NEW
                                        Shoot for the stars! Oh, you killed every star. NT by laudablepuss 11/04/2010, 2:10pm PDT NEW
                                            Alright guys, lets shoot the stars. Oh, you just killed every star. by Correction Man 11/24/2010, 2:29pm PST NEW
    Xbox 360/PC recommendations thread by Fortinbras 08/29/2010, 1:42pm PDT NEW
        Re: Xbox 360/PC recommendations thread by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/29/2010, 5:08pm PDT NEW
            am I the only one who felt the end and harder boss encounters were CC fests? NT by Worm 08/29/2010, 5:33pm PDT NEW
            It didn't have enough staying power in the last act of the game for me by Fortinbras 08/29/2010, 5:53pm PDT NEW
    Mass Effect's soundtrack alone pushes it past one star NT by Entropy Stew 08/29/2010, 4:43pm PDT NEW
        Pros: soundtrack; cons: soundtrack makes the menu the best part of the game. NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/29/2010, 5:09pm PDT NEW
            So now we know exactly why you're dumb. NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 08/29/2010, 11:41pm PDT NEW
    Re: Xbox 360 recommendations thread by Fussbett 08/30/2010, 8:43pm PDT NEW
        That made me want to play Dead Rising again NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/30/2010, 9:23pm PDT NEW
            For 400 points, Case Zero could be yours! NT by Gutsby 08/31/2010, 6:18pm PDT NEW
    XBLA edition by Jerry Whorebach 11/24/2010, 6:24am PST NEW
 
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